Don't believe the hype

Rating: Null/10 (28 March 2004)

Scenario: There is mass hype in the media about a low budget unknown horror movie and everyone and their uncle has seen it and is begging you to go watch it for yourself because it is the most disturbing and freaky movie ever! One guy in the theater puked all over himself!
Sound familiar? In 1999 we fell victim to it with "The Blair Witch Project." A non-sensical, frustrating, flat movie that proves once and for-all: You cannot trust hype. And 4 years later, we experience it with "28 Days Later." This time, it's a british film about zombies, or people infected with rage (I tell you, I caught a case of it after watching this movie). While the production values are respectable, this movie just flat out stinks. Like many have stated before, the main problem is that the film doesn't settle on a main theme. It can't decide if it's a suspense flick or a political statement on how disenchanted humanity has become. Nothing in the movie really works. It lacks cohesion. Add to that, a lot of annoying characters, who (surprising in such a supposed high-brow movie) do a lot of stupid things. To me, this movie is nothing more than "Resident Evil" meets the book "Lord Of The Flies" (yeah, remember that book they made us read Freshman year about the kids on the island and the Piggy kid...). Even if the movie wasn't a failure, it was a massive disappointment. Make like Chuck D and Flava Flav and DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!